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April 16, 1963 s. s. D'oLNlcK TOILET BowL COVER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiledAug. 18. 1960 INVENTOR. @mumoZmLc/la BY M d United States Patent O3,085,611 TOILET BOWL COVER Seymour S. Dolnick, Milwaukee, Wis.,assignor to Glen Mfg. Inc., a corporation of Wisconsin Filed Aug. 18,1960, Ser. No. 50,395 6 Claims. (Cl. 150--52) This invention relates toa toilet bowl cover and more particularly to a decorative and insulatingtoilet bowl cover.

It has long Abeen the wish of the housewife to beautify and camouflagetoilet bowls found in the American bathroom. These bowls are generallymade of porcelain or other ceramic material and often become scarred ordefaced in some manner. Further, during the humid periods of the year inareas where cold water is supplied to flush toilets, the bowls will formcondensation on their outer surfaces which drips or runs to the floorand creates another unsightly problem. Moreover, the noise accompanyingflushing is often distasteful to the user and it is desirable toeliminate such noise as much as possible.

`It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a decorative andinsulating toilet bowl cover which is capable of covering the marks anddefects on the toilet bowl while at the same time insulating the bowlagainst both moisture and undesirable noise.

It is another object of this invention to provide a decorative andinsulating toilet bowl cover which comprises an elongated pliable sheetadapted to be tit around a toilet bowl, a decorative cover for saidsheet, means for positioning the cover on the sheet and means forholding said sheet and cover in place on said bowl.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent fromthe following description taken together with the accompanying drawings.

Of the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a toilet bowl and toilet tank with thecover of this invention shown in place on the toilet bowl and with theoutline of the toilet bowl shown in dotted lines;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the toilet bowl co'ver of this inventionin place on a toilet bowl;

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3--3 of FIGURE 2showing the toilet bowl in dotted lines;

AFIGURE 4 is a partial view taken along the line 4-4 of FIGURE 2;

yFIGURE 5 is a partially broken rear elevational view of the toilet bowlcover in an extended condition showing one embodiment of the decorativecover; and v FIGURES 6, 7 and 8 are views similar to FIGURE 5 eachshowing another embodiment of the decorative cover.

Referring now -to FIGURE 1, a toilet bowl cover 10 is shown therein inplace'on a toilet bowl 11 shown in dotted lines. The bowl is ofconventional construction and in this case is shown associated with awall-type tank 12. Toilet bowls are manufactured with this type of tankor wi-th a tank often referred to as a free standing tank (not shown) orwith no tank at all. However, in any of these constructions, the toiletbowl cover about to be described is satisfactory for covering the toiletbowl. In addition, the bowl shown in FIGURE 1 is associated with aconventional toilet seat 13.

As can be clearly seen by the dotted lines in FIGURE 3, toilet bowl 11is wider at its upper portion 11a than at its base portion 11b. Inaddition, the bowl includes a slightly outwardly extending lip 11C.Thus, the sides of the toilet bowl as well as its front and rear doesnot define an easily covered surface. Furthermore, when the bowl isviewed from the top (FIGURE 2) it can be seen lCe that although itsubstantially defines an ellipse, the ellipse is slightly dished in onthe sides as at 11d.

The toilet bowl cover of this invention includes an insert strip orsheet 14 which is normally suiciently stiff to be self-supporting andyet is pliable, and may be made of such things as plastic, waterimpervious jute or the like. As can be clearly seen in FIGURES 5 through8 wherein the sheet 14 is extended, the sheet is constructed with curvedupper and lower edges 14a and 14b. The curves of these edges have beencarefully calculated so that when the strip is curved about a toiletbowl with the strips ends 14C and 14d fastened together, the upper andlower edges will define substantially parallel planes as can be seen inFIGURE 3 while the upper edge 14a abuts the lip 11C and the lower edge14b abuts the base 11b. 'I'hus, the strip 14 closely approximates theover-all shape of the toilet bowl and is in intimate contact with itthroughout its almost entire upper and lower surfaces. Further, thecontact between the edges of the strip and the bowl are such as to limitair movement, with one exception which will -be explained later, so-that insulation both against condensation and noise is possible.

The strip -14 is provided with a decorative cover 15, variousembodiments of which are shown in FIGURES 5 through 8. The cover may beconstructed of an absorbent material such as chenille or turkishtoweling, both of which are highly decorative and pleasing to the eye.These materials are also often used in decorating or covering otherplumbing parts found in the average bathroom So that an over-alldecoration of the plumbing fixtures is possible when a toilet bowl coverof the material described herein is also provided. The decorative cover15 is held in place on the strip 14 by several methods. Thus, in FIGURE5, an inner panel 16 is sewed to the edges 15a of the cover. Thisprovides a pocket in the cover which is adapted to receive the strip 14.The cover is left open at one end 15b and a flap of material 15etogether with a plurality of closure snaps 16a are provided. This allowsthe strip 14 to be inserted within the cover and be maintained there bymeans of the closure snaps 16a.

In FIGURE 6, a plurality of straps 17 are provided on the inner side ofthe cover and are riveted 18a thereto. These str-aps hold the cover inplace on the strip 14. FIGURE 7 shows a cover wherein a plurality ofmale 18 and female 19 snaps `are provided on the cover and the strip 14,respectively. By means of these snaps, the cover is held in place on thestrip. In FIGURE 8, the edges 15a and the ends 15d have been providedwith elastic material 20 which holds the cover in place on the strip 14.

The cover including the strip 14 and. the decorative cover 15 may beheld in place on the toilet bowl in any one of a number of ways. InFIGURE 4, however, is shown one of the means for holding the cover inplace.

Thus, a plurality of elastic loops 21 are attached as by basting to oneend of the decorative cover 15 and a plur-ality of hooks 22 are attachedto the other end of the cover 15. 'Ihe loop portion 21a is designed tofit over the hooks 22. By means of the loop 21 and the hooks 22, thecover is satisfactorily maintained in position on the bowl.

As previously pointed out, the toilet bowl although `substantiallyelliptically shaped is `dished in at 11d. For this reason a strap 23 isprovided on the cover 15. One end of the strap 23 is attached to thecover by means of rivets 24. The other end is provided with a male snap25 which is adapted to be received by a female snap 26 attached to thecorresponding position on the other side of the cover as at 15e inFIGURE 5. When the cover :is in position on the bowl and the elasticloops 21 are joined to the hooks 22, and the strap 23 is in place, thestrap urges a slight pressure on the sides of the cover 15. It thusurges the cover into contact with the portions of the bowl 11d where`they `are slightly dished in. This construction provides con-tactbetween the cover and the bowl at this point thereby providing a jointwhich maintains the dead air space between the bowl and cover toeltectively insulate the bowl against condensation and to substantiallyeliminate the llushing noise.

Having thus described my invention as related to the embodiments shownin the accompanying drawings, -it is my intention that the invention benot limited by any of the details of description unless otherwisespecified, but rather be construed broadly within .its spirit vand scopeas set out in the accompanying claims.

I claim:

1. A decorative and insulating toilet bowl cover, comprising: anelongated pliable, self-supporting sheet adapted to be encircled about atoilet bowl and to act as a base for `a cover therefor, said sheethaving curved edges the radius of curvature of each being such as todene a pair of parallel spaced planes when said sheet is encircled abouta toilet bowl with the upper edge being disposed adjacent the upper edgeof said bowl and the lower edge being disposed `adjacent the base ofsaid bowl, said sheet dening when its ends are together a substantiallyelliptical shape of about the size of said bowl; a decorative cover forsaid sheet; means for retaining said decorative cover on said sheet, andmeans lfor holding said ends together to maintain said toilet bowl coverin place on said toilet bowl.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein a strap is provided between the topedges of said cover to urge said cover into contact with a portion ofsaid bowl.

3. The ldevice of claim 1 wherein said first means is an inner panel onsaid cover.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said irst means is a plurality ofstraps having one end connected to a side of said cover and the otherend connected to another side of said cover.

5. The device of claim l wherein said rst means is a plurality of snapsonsaid decorative cover `and said sheet includes a correspondingplurality of snaps adapted to mate with said decorative cover snaps.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the borders of said cover areelastcized.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,446,563 Hughes Feb. 27, 1923 ,2,152,648 Jones Apr. 4, 1939 2,658,201Sherwood Nov. l0, 1953 2,741,287 Michaud Apr. l0, 1956 2,949,975'Plummer Aug. 23, 1960

1. A DECORATIVE AND INSULATING TOILET BOWL COVER, COMPRISING: ANELONGATED PLIABLE, SELF-SUPPORTING SHEET ADAPTED TO BE ENCIRCLED ABOUT ATOILET BOWL AND TO ACT AS A BASE FOR A COVER THEREFOR, SAID SHEET HAVINGCURVED EDGES THE RADIUS OF CURVATURE OF EACH BEING SUCH AS TO DEFINE APAIR OF PARALLEL SPACED PLANES WHEN SAID SHEET IS ENCIRCLED ABOUT ATOILET BOWL WITH THE UPPER EDGE BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGEOF SAID BOWL AND THE LOWER EDGE BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE BASE OF SAIDBOWL, SAID SHEET DEFINING WHEN ITS ENDS ARE TOGETHER A SUBSTANTIALLYELLIPTICAL SHAPE OF ABOUT THE SIZE OF SAID BOWL; A DECORATIVE COVER FORSAID SHEET; MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID DECORATIVE COVER ON SAID SHEET, ANDMEANS FOR HOLDING SAID ENDS TOGETHER TO MAINTAIN SAID TOILET BOWL COVERIN PLACE ON SAID TOILET BOWL.